Metropolitan Museum’s Director Resigns Under Pressure

Thomas P. Campbell resigned under pressure on Tuesday as the director and chief executive of the Metropolitan Museum of Art , after months of growing concerns among staff members and some trustees about its financial health and his capacity to lead the largest museum in the country.

Met officials said that Mr. Campbell would stay on until June, the end of the fiscal year, but that Daniel H. Weiss, the Met’s president and chief operating officer, would be simultaneously serving as inter